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. >> this came up in 2000 when dick cheney was nominated to be the vice presidential candidate. and he was asked on this program by tim russert about opposing even a resolution to call for mandela's being freed. this is what cheney said then. >> well, certainly i would have loved to have nelson mandela released. i don't know anybody who was sffor keeping him in prison. again, this was a resolution of the american congress, so it wasn't as though if we passed it he was going to be let out of prison. it had another provision. it required the recognition of the anc, which at the time advocated violence in south africa. my recollection is the reagan administration opposed it and i supported the administration. >> tom? >> everything was happening at warp speed. that's one of the things you have to remember. we were going from the pitch cold war to these extraordinary changes that were going on not just behind the soviet union but in the satellite states as well. then in south africa, you had the additional pressure, as reverend sharpton points out, that grew really in a generational
. >> this came up in 2000 when dick cheney was nominated to be the vice presidential candidate. and he was asked on this program by tim russert about opposing even a resolution to call for mandela's being freed. this is what cheney said then. >> well, certainly i would have loved to have nelson mandela released. i don't know anybody who was sffor keeping him in prison. again, this was a resolution of the american congress, so it wasn't as though if we passed it he was going to be...
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. >> this came up in 2000 when dick cheney was nominated to be the vice presidential candidate. and he was asked on this program by tim russert about opposing even a resolution to call for mandela's being freed. this is what cheney said then. >> well, certainly i would have loved to have nelson mandela released. i don't know anybody who was for keeping him in prison. again, this was a resolution of the u.s. congress, so it wasn't as though if we passed it he was going to be let out of prison. it had another provision. it required the recognition of the anc, which at the time advocated violence in south africa. my recollection is the reagan administration opposed it and i supported the administration. >> tom? >> everything was happening at warp speed. that's one of the things you have to remember. we were going from the pitch cold war to these extraordinary changes that were going on not just behind the soviet union but in the satellite states as well. then in south africa, you had the additional pressure, as reverend sharpton points out, that grew really in a generational way in
. >> this came up in 2000 when dick cheney was nominated to be the vice presidential candidate. and he was asked on this program by tim russert about opposing even a resolution to call for mandela's being freed. this is what cheney said then. >> well, certainly i would have loved to have nelson mandela released. i don't know anybody who was for keeping him in prison. again, this was a resolution of the u.s. congress, so it wasn't as though if we passed it he was going to be let out...
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dick cheney says it is a family matter and ought to be treated as such. >> we -- we're surprised and there was an attack launched against liz on facebook. and wished it hadn't happened. it's always been dealt with within the context of the family, and frankly, that's our preferences. >> despite his staunch conservatism, cheney supported same-sex marriage long before president obama did. cheney said he will not discuss his family feud again in public. he told reporters, and i'm quoting him, don't waste your time. >> we have been talking a lot about the winter storm that's about to crash into balmy texas and certainly of its southerly neighbors. it's dropped several feet of snow on states like idaho and i. it is 56 degrees colder for the morning low in dallas on friday than it is right now. things are going to freeze up. cold air today, cold air tomorrow. this is the battle ground tomorrow, you're going to take a look at this, it will be really important, brook. this side here, atlanta, warm, rain. this blue line is 30s. north of that is all snow. it's this ban right here that we're co
dick cheney says it is a family matter and ought to be treated as such. >> we -- we're surprised and there was an attack launched against liz on facebook. and wished it hadn't happened. it's always been dealt with within the context of the family, and frankly, that's our preferences. >> despite his staunch conservatism, cheney supported same-sex marriage long before president obama did. cheney said he will not discuss his family feud again in public. he told reporters, and i'm...
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[laughter] nor will dick cheney. [laughter] as i say, actually he liked it too. what matters, manners and habits, curiosities and conundrums, social and ethical. is a doctor ever permitted to kill a patient willing to die? why in the age of feminism do we with still use the phrase women and children? i have a column on that, and i seem to be the only person in the country disturbed by its continued use. and i'm not even a feminist. [laughter] how many lies can one tell, is one allowed to tell to advance stem cell research, something also i write about in the book and in which i talk about what president bush did in elevating the national debate on bioethics in a way that has never been done in american history and for which history will be very grateful as will our progeny. what matters, the paradox in which the great man asks why with so many habitable planets out there, why in god's name have we never heard a word from a single one of those civilizations? these are the things that most engage me. they give me pause, pleasure and wonder. they make me grateful fo
[laughter] nor will dick cheney. [laughter] as i say, actually he liked it too. what matters, manners and habits, curiosities and conundrums, social and ethical. is a doctor ever permitted to kill a patient willing to die? why in the age of feminism do we with still use the phrase women and children? i have a column on that, and i seem to be the only person in the country disturbed by its continued use. and i'm not even a feminist. [laughter] how many lies can one tell, is one allowed to tell...